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Author-Name: Roberto Giulianelli
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Author-Workplace-Name: Università Politecnica delle Marche - Dipartimento di Scienze economiche e sociali
Title: A che serve la marina mercantile? Epicarmo Corbino e le due guerre mondiali 
(What is the purpose of the merchant marine? Epicarmo Corbino and the two World Wars)
Abstract: This article shall examine the Epicarmo Corbino’s thought on the Italian merchant shipping during
the first half of the 20th century. Since 1917, Corbino write several times about this strategic sector,
that the two world wars undergoing a deep process of change and reorganization. His analysis is
founded on liberal postulates, pointing out that the usual practice of the State aid not only infringes
the laws of the market, but also damages the shipping and shipbuilding industry itself, by reducing its
efficiency and competitiveness. The Corbino’s judgments, although not always supported by a solid
basis of data, often appear original and play a central role in the Italian economic debate at that time
on a subject of such great interest.
Classification-JEL: B15, B25, N74
Keywords: marina mercantile, cantieri navali, guerre mondiali 
(merchant shipping, shipyards, world wars)
Journal: Il Pensiero Economico Italiano
Pages: 71-89 
Volume: 24
Issue: 1
Year: 2016
File-URL: http://www.libraweb.net/articoli.php?chiave=201606301&rivista=63
Handle: RePEc:pei:journl:v:24:y:2016:1:6:p:71-89